it is dripping
into syrup again,
a bird with
no wings and
no voice
with which to cry
it has only talons
to bend bone
but there are none
so syrup sticks to feathers
and syrup drowns
and a bird is drunken
it bears only a coat
of fledgeling's down
and wants to be nothing
it wants to be nothing
Jan 4, 2017
Jan 4, 2017 at 2:26 AM UTC
it is dripping
into syrup again,
a bird with
no wings and
no voice
with which to cry
it has only talons
to bend bone
but there are none
so syrup sticks to feathers
and syrup drowns
and a bird is drunken
it bears only a coat
of fledgeling's down
and wants to be nothing
it wants to be nothing